Mont. Admin. R. 4.12.1307
Current through Register Vol. 12, June 21, 2024
| (1) Violation Schedule | 1st Offense | Subsequent Offense |
| (a) Selling, distributing, propagating, rearing, planting, releasing, moving, or transporting a regulated article without a permit or compliance agreement. | $2,500 | $5,000 |
| (b) Knowingly bringing plants, plant matter, propagative plant parts, plant products, or any associated material into the state that is diseased, infected, or infested whether it is quarantined or not. | $2,500 | $5,000 |
| (c) Bringing a quarantined regulated article into the state without a required permit. | $2,500 | $5,000 |
| (d) Failure to obtain a permit. | $1,000 | $5,000 |
| (e) Failure to have a required permit or other required document with a quarantined item. | $1,000 | $5,000 |
| (f) Failure to provide required notification. | $1,000 | $5,000 |
| (g) Failure to follow any required safeguard not resulting in harm. | $1,000 | $5,000 |
| (h) Failure to follow any required safeguard that resulted in harm. | $2,500 | $5,000 |
| (i) Failure to keep required records. | $1,000 | $5,000 |
| (j) Failure to release or allow access to records pertaining to a quarantine, order, permit, or compliance agreement. | $2,500 | $5,000 |
| (k) Falsifying any record or document related to a quarantine, order, permit, or compliance agreement, including, but not limited to all sales, handling, shipping, transporting, importing, and exporting and any invoice, bill of lading, permit, seal, or certificate. | $2,500 | $5,000 |
| (l) Interfering with or preventing an inspection or investigation. | $2,500 | $5,000 |
| (m) Failure to be in compliance with a quarantine requirement. | $2,500 | $5,000 |
| (n) Noncompliance with any state or federal quarantine, order, permit condition or requirement, or compliance agreement that did not cause harm. | $2,500 | $5,000 |
| (o) Noncompliance with any state or federal quarantine, order, permit condition or requirement, or compliance agreement that caused harm. | $5,000 | $5,000 |
| (p) Any other violation of the Quarantine Act or these rules that did not cause harm. | $2,500 | $5,000 |
| (q) Any other violation of the Quarantine Act or these rules that caused harm. | $5,000 | $5,000 |
Mont. Admin. R. 4.12.1307
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